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Monday 19 September 2016 - 10:54
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Saudi Arabia accused of 'trying to impose Wahhabism' on Iran via TV

This year the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca came amid the ongoing conflicts in Syria and Yemen and heightened tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran. In an interview with Sputnik Hossein Sheikholeslam, an adviser to the Iranian foreign minister, blamed Riyadh for the deadly stampede during last years Hajj.

Speaking aboutthe ongoing Saudi and US airstrikes againstinnocent women and children inYemen, Hossein Sheikholeslam said that they are being personally ordered bySaudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

And this man calls himself the keeper oftwo shrines and the messenger ofgrace and peace afterwhat he has also done inSyria and Iraq! Hossein Sheikholeslam said.

The tragic loss of7,000 lives, including almost 500 Iranian citizens during last years hajj inthe Mina Valley, laid bare the utter incompetence displayed bythe Saudi authorities who failed toensure the security ofthe pilgrims. They even failed tosupply enough water forthe people which would have prevented such a terrible loss oflife, preferring tojust throw it downfrom helicopters, Hossein Sheikholeslam continued, adding that Saudi Arabias absolute dictatorship was unable toaccept any criticism or assume responsibility forits actions.

All they care aboutis the wellbeing oftheir king and his clan, not the ordinary Muslims fromaround the world who have suffered inthese tragedies, he emphasized. Its absolutely amazing how the newly-installed monarch is doing nothing tochange the countrys system ofgovernance. The new kings ambition has led toa real dynastic crisis bybreaking the traditional system ofpower handover.

As a result, all key government posts went tototally incompetent people unable toproperly organize the hajj, which eventually led toa tragedy, Hossein Sheikholeslam added. Earlier this week Saudi Arabia launched a Persian-language satellite television channel broadcasting the Hajj asmany Iranians had decided not tomake the pilgrimage amidthe current tensions betweenthe two countries. Sputnik earlier quoted Saudi Minister ofCulture and Information Adel al-Toraifi assaying that the new channel aims tobroadcast the message ofHajj, the eternal meanings ofIslam and what is being provided bythe kingdom. topilgrims and visitors.

Hossein Sheikholeslam believes, however, that this project is far frompeaceful asit is trying touse television toimpose Wahhabi ideology onPersian-language countries.

The Saudi monarchy is baseds onthe ideology ofWahhabism and terrorism. It was withthis idea inmind that they opened so many Koranic schools inMedina and just aboutanywhere else. And they now launched a Wahhabi television channel [to spread this ideology toIran which hasnt seen a single terrorist attack overthe pastseveral years] he noted. This mouthpiece ofideological propaganda threatens tospread murderous ideas toIran and other Persian-language countries, Hossein Sheikholeslam warned.

By Sputnik
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